By Lewis Waha
America turns 250 this year.
That’s not counting from Lexington and Concord in 1775. Or from Britain recognizing our independence in 1783. Nor from our Constitution’s drafting in 1789.
Rather, we’re counting from the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
It could hardly be more fitting than celebrating the Declaration’s role in shaping our national character. We rightly esteem the words penned two and a half centuries ago: “We hold…